Medical Coding And Training Cpt-10: Chapter 10

Front 1

Endocarditis

Back 1

a sudden, severe inflammation of the heart CAVITIES due to rheumatic fever

Front 2

Myocarditis

Back 2

a sudden, severe inflammation of the heart MUSCLE due to rheumatic fever

Front 3

Pericarditis

Back 3

a sudden, severe inflammation of the heart LINING due to rheumatic fever.

Front 4

Cardiomyopathy

Back 4

Heart muscle disease

Front 5

Anastomosis

Back 5

Joining of two or more blood vessels.

Front 6

Angiography

Back 6

Radiographic visualization of blood vessels following introduction of contrast material.

Front 7

Angioplasty

Back 7

Procedure to open narrow or blocked vessels.

Front 8

Annuloplasty

Back 8

Surgical reconstruction of hte ring (annulus) of a heart valve.

Front 9

Antegrade

Back 9

Moving or extending anteriorly, moving with the usual direction of flow.

Front 10

Arrhythmia

Back 10

Irregularity of heart rate or rhythm; loss of rhythm.

Front 11

Arteriosclerosis

Back 11

Hardening of the arteries.

Front 12

Atherectomy

Back 12

Procedure to remove plaque from arteries.

Front 13

Artherectomy

Back 13

Procedure to remove plaque on artery walls.

Front 14

Atria

Back 14

Upper chambers of the heart; right atrium, left atrium.

Front 15

Atrioventricular (AV)

Back 15

Relating to both the atria and the ventricles of the heart.

Front 16

Bifurcation

Back 16

Division into two branches.

Front 17

Bundle of His (AV bundle)

Back 17

Muscle fibers in the heart's conduction system branching off to the right and left sides of the heart.

Front 18

Capillaries

Back 18

Smallest branches of arteries and veins.

Front 19

Cardioversion

Back 19

Use of defibrillator paddles to restore normal rhythm of the heart by electrical shock.

Front 20

Chordae Tendineae

Back 20

String-like tendons linking papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve in the right ventricle and the mitral valve in the left ventricle.

Front 21

Conduction System

Back 21

Generates and distributes electrical impulses over the heart and along the septum to stimulate contraction, allowing blood to move throughout the body.

Front 22

Contralateral

Back 22

Situated on, pertaining to, or affecting the opposite side, as opposed ti ipsilateral.

Front 23

Coronary Circulation

Back 23

Movement of blood through coronary vessels supplying tissues of the heart.

Front 24

Endocartitis

Back 24

Inflammation or infection of the inner lining of the heart (endocardium).

Front 25

Epicardial

Back 25

Relating to the outermost (on top) layer of the heart wall.

Front 26

Implantable Defibrillator

Back 26

Implantable device delivering an electrical shock to restore a normal heart rhythm.

Front 27

Infarction

Back 27

Death of tissue.

Front 28

Intracoronary

Back 28

Within the heart.

Front 29

Ipsilateral

Back 29

Situated on, pertaining to, or affecting the same side, as opposed to contralateral.

Front 30

Myocardial

Back 30

Relating to the myocardium (second layer of the wall of the heart).

Front 31

Nonselective Catheterization

Back 31

Catheter placed in the main trunk, contrast may be injected, images may be taken, the catheter is not moved into any other branches.

Front 32

Non-Tunneled Catheter

Back 32

A catheter inserted through the skin directly into a great vessel.

Front 33

Occlusion

Back 33

Closure; the act of closing.

Front 34

Papillary Muscles

Back 34

Muscles attached to the lower portion of the interior wall of the ventricles and connected to the chordae tendineae.

Front 35

Prolapse

Back 35

Sinking of an organ or other part.

Front 36

Pulmonary Circulation

Back 36

Movement of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back to the heart again.

Front 37

Purkinje Fibers

Back 37

Conduction myofibers branching off of the right and left bundle branches into cells of hte myocardium.

Front 38

Regurgitation

Back 38

Flowing backards.

Front 39

Retrograde

Back 39

Moving backward or against the usual direction of flow.

Front 40

Revascularization

Back 40

Reestablishment of blood supply to a part.

Front 41

Selective Catheterization

Back 41

Catheter placed in branches further off the main trunk (first, second, third or higher order).

Front 42

Sinoatrial

Back 42

Refers to the sinus of the venae cavae of the mature heart, and the right atrium.

Front 43

Stenosis

Back 43

Narrowing, stricture.

Front 44

Subendocardial

Back 44

Under or below the endocardium.

Front 45

Syncope

Back 45

Loss of consciousness and postural tone.

Front 46

Systemic Circulation

Back 46

Supplies nourishment to tissue located throughout the body, with the exception of the heart and lungs.

Front 47

Thrombolysis

Back 47

Destruction of a blood clot.

Front 48

Transluminal

Back 48

Through or across the lumen (tube) of an artery or vein.

Front 49

Transvenous

Back 49

Through or across a vein.

Front 50

Trifurcation

Back 50

Division into three branches or parts.

Front 51

Tunneled Catheter

Back 51

Cather tunneled through the skin and subcutaneous tissue to a central vessel. The entrance point of the catheter is distant from the entrance to the vascular system.

Front 52

Valvular Proplapse

Back 52

Valve leaflets fall backward into the heart chamber.

Front 53

Valvuloplasty

Back 53

Surgical reconstruction of a valve.

Front 54

Ventricle

Back 54

Lower chamber of the heart; right ventricle, left ventricle.